Monday, December 28, 2009

In the early 80's, when I was in high school, we had to take these career guidance tests. You answered a bunch of questions, and a computer (like a TRS-80: anyone else out there have one? I had the top-of-the-line model, with a whopping 16K of RAM) would tell you what career was best suited to your personality.

My test results suggested a career in farming and agriculture was best for me. (Oddly, so did my Dad's tests in the 1950's. And he's a lawyer now).

In October I put a resume up on a medical site, looking for research work in addition to my regular practice.

Today I got an email from the site's "job assistant", saying that I'm qualified for an exciting career as a Certified Nursing Assistant, and should register for classes NOW.

All the career counseling tests I got forced to take in middle school/early high school said I should be a forester or park ranger. I'm finishing pharmacy school now so I guess the tests were wrong, though I make furniture for a hobby, wonder if that comes closest to a park ranger. My uncle, a retired opthamologist, got the same responses from the tests when he was in high school.

All of those types of tests that I did indicated that I had great people skills and would excel in a sales career. I hate the idea of selling stuff to people who either don't need it or can't afford it. I also would very much prefer NOT to interact with dozens of people on a daily basis. Ergh! Guess who is now a checkout operator...

I must have input my telephone number on a site that sells contact information to telemarketers because I got a phone call the other day and the person asked me if I would be interested in their online school so that I could get my GED. I replied that I held already had a doctorate and felt that my academic tenure was complete.

yea, we had the trs-80, but only after we upgraded from a Timex-Sinclair with 8k. couldn't save to it, though. had to save to a TAPE RECORDER. yep, that's right.i love how people treat other docs/ers/RNs when their usual provider is 'out' or unavailable.wtf?

The exact same thing happened to me. As an atheist I was best suited for the clergy! Most entertaining. I ended up with a psych degree and was a social worker. Now going back to nursing school.Maybe during my next mid-life crisis I will find god and finally fulfill my true destiny. Could happen.

I really had no aptitude for pharmacy (or anything else that required knowing about numbers) according to the interests testing scores instead I should've gone into domestics arts education, or written suspense novels. (I deliberately NEVER took typing in high school because I was afraid that the civil service exam I aced was going to open the door to an exciting career in the typist pool, not that I wouldn't mind a rather predictable day now and then with a lunch-hour and two fifteen minute breaks to don tennies and put in some aerobic exercise on the grounds outside the place of work.)

I just consider my 21 year career in pharmacy, an exercise in working out of the 'box'.

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